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by credo 15y ago
Arrington frames it as a matter of "editorial independence" and doesn't talk about ethics and conflict of interests. However, I don't see how anyone else (and least of all, the owners of TechCrunch) can ignore those two matters - and the re
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Pay for chief executives exceeds federal tax payments for many top US companies(nytimes.com)
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After Class, Skimpy Equality(nytimes.com)
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Google: S&P Downgrades It, Too(blogs.wsj.com)
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>> This is not exactly nefarious, even to the severely-damaged-evil-meter version of nefarious which includes "intentionally and with forethought committing the sin of marketing." I don't see marketing as a sin. However, I do appre
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by credo 15y ago
My apps http://cascadesoft.net/EconomyApp.aspx (iPhone, iPad, Windows PC) provide a snapshot of the US economy. The iPad and iPhone apps were once ranked #1 on Apple's top charts for the Finance category. Obviously, I can't claim to be en
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This illustrates one of the risks of hostage-taking and the mistaken assumption of Republican leadership that the "hostage" (their words, not mine) wouldn't be harmed see quote from Senate minority leader below From http://www.washingtonpo
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>>Dr. Cerf said. "This is just a reminder that women are fully capable of doing same or better quality work than men can." I hope those those who needed a reminder about the capabilities of girls or women see this news. However,
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Previous submissions and interesting discussions at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=589346 and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1634955 The first submission points to http://denisdutton.com/baumeister.htm (which has the same po
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It is interesting that venturebeat stories about Appsterdam are making it to the front page this week. A few weeks ago, I submitted the original Appsterdam blog post to HN http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2476430 That post was killed w
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Google's Android phones lose market share in US(telegraph.co.uk)
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Japan's Supercomputer 'K' Is World's Most Powerful(idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com)
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U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors(nytimes.com)
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It has been a long time since I read the book, but "Predictably Irrational" (among other things) talks about the same principle - how pricing impacts the perception of quality. It is a great book that I'd recommend to all entrepreneurs and
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Historical fiction: You Left Out the Part About ...(nytimes.com)
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Apple confirms Shift in In-App-Purchase/subscription Guidelines (online.wsj.com)
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In India, Dynamism Wrestles With Dysfunction(nytimes.com)
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Start-Ups Compete With YouTube(nytimes.com)
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>> And while you're at it, don't use HTTP authentication either. Use signed queries that authentication each API call individually. Beyond server-server api calls and authentication, I'm curious to know what folks think about authe
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A Curious Case Of Foreign Accent Syndrome(npr.org)
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Parsing Html The Cthulhu Way(codinghorror.com)
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Here are some of the reasons why I voted to display comment scores 1. HN is a great community and imo members should be treated as responsible adults. Comments that are "(a) mean and/or (b) dumb" are a problem. However, I think that the peo
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from http://www.macworld.com/article/160098/2011/05/macdefender.h... "Windows 7 is actually more secure than OS X, but the gap narrows every year. And there simply isn’t the same attack ecosystem for Macs, nor are we likely to see one de
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Children of recent immigrants lead America's scientific competitions(mercurynews.com)
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From the slums of India to becoming a successful entreprenur(adport.net)
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Patrick, if BCC pays you more than your old salary, did you consider giving up consulting and working solely on your startup business (i.e. Appointment Reminder or new product) It seems like that would accelerate growth of your startup - wh
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by credo 15y ago
To be clear, this is the first time that these cables have been released to a Pakistani newspaper. Wikileaks released the cables to an Indian newspaper (the Hindu) a long time ago. See http://www.thehindu.com/system/topicRoot/The_Pakistan_
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by credo 15y ago
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/technology/18talent.html?h... has a report on how some companies are hiring teams. They acquire a startup for its employees :) An excerpt "It was widely reported that FriendFeed was bought for about $47
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The report is interesting and it isn't surprising that partial sleep deprivation results in a cognitive deficit. I'd be more interested in understanding the long-term effects of insufficient sleep. Is the cognitive deficit a temporary probl
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>>2008: Maybe we oughta just autokill techcrunch posts The original story about the PR firm and its tactics (without the drama and without specifically naming Facebook) was broken by USA Today ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id

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